We represent Fortune 500 companies, private equity firms, investment banks, and privately-held companies in their most high-profile and complex mergers and acquisitions.

Some relevant statistics:

A truly global practice with more than 250 Corporate/M&A lawyers located in key technology and financial centers throughout the world
Advised on 167 M&A transactions in 2022, with a total value of approximately US$173 billion, including 17 deals over US$1 billion
A “go-to” firm for cross-border deal-making, with over 50% of our transactions in 2022 involving multiple jurisdictions
Ranked by Chambers for Corporate/M&A in regions throughout Asia, Europe and the U.S.

Only global firm ranked Band 1 in M&A for all leading publications in Japan
– Chambers Global & Asia Pacific, Legal 500 Asia Pacific, IFLR1000

Full Range of Experience

Our depth of transactional experience includes:

Traditional M&A transactions for both private and public companies
Cross-border transactions
Serial acquisition programs
Proxy contests, and hostile and contested transactions
Special committee and Board counseling
Poison pill and other defensive counseling
Going private and other transactions with controlling shareholders or other insiders
Private equity-sponsored transactions
Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) transactions
"Roll ups" and other consolidation programs
Auctions, "go shops" and other bid programs
Corporate carve-outs and divisional acquisitions
Joint ventures and complex strategic alliances
Advice to investment banks in their capacity as M&A advisors
Recapitalizations, bankruptcy, and distressed and leveraged transactions

Global Focus

Our M&A experience reflects our focus on cross-border transactions. We are truly a global firm ‒ from our client base to the MoFo team members on each deal. Many of our lawyers are multilingual and have practiced in several global jurisdictions. Where needed, we can seamlessly staff M&A projects across Asia, Europe and the Americas.

This unparalleled global platform includes the most active practice of any international firm in Japan, with more than 50 attorneys principally engaged in cross-border M&A transactions. The preeminent team has acted as lead counsel on some of the most significant Japan-related transactions in history, both inbound and outbound, and is a go-to advisor for Japan’s leading technology and telecommunications companies, including SoftBank, Hitachi, Fujitsu, and Toshiba.

Integrated Team

Our M&A lawyers also work as an integrated team with advisors in key areas such as intellectual property, antitrust, capital markets, litigation, tax, labor and benefits, finance and bankruptcy, real estate, ESG/sustainability, environmental, and securities. Our internal approach is highly collaborative.

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